A story of a recent conversation between Generals Eisenhower and Zhukov went the rounds of the occupation forces last week. Zhukov: “We have some German synthetic oil plants that we captured. . . .

Fall & Comeback: After Zhukov had basked beside Dwight Eisenhower for six months as Allied joint commander in Berlin, Stalin moved to strip him of his war-won glory.

Eisenhower once asked Zhukov how his men negotiated minefields. Zhukov’s answer chilled Ike: “When we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks as if it were not there.

First Day. Inside the huge marble building, Eisenhower greeted the waiting Russians, shook hands warmly with his wartime friend of Berlin days, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, now Russia’s Minister of ...